Fairy-tales reworked, funny, furious and fantastic, as tales of the marginalised.
Original fairy-tales were about bravado, fortune, destiny and courage. But always, watching from the edges, were the quiet ones. The bit characters. The weary mothers, the ugly sisters, the irrelevant queens, the grandmothers.
In The Magic Hour, they get their chance to shine.
From beach shacks and caravan parks, in Housing Commission towers and old school discos, in backyard gardens …… Welcome one and all to "the twilight hour, the dreaming hour, the Magic Hour".
Written and directed by Vanessa Bates, featuring Louise Chapman and Jan Hunt with live music by Amy Vee, all award winning Novocastrian creatives.
"Vanessa Bates' play is full of unlikely fairy-tale damsels in distress – bleeding, coarse and filled with rage, hope and hot desire... relentless energy and humour" —The Guardian
VANESSA BATES is an award winning playwright, screenwriter and researcher. Her plays include The Magic Hour 2024, The One, Small Hard Things, A Ghost In My Suitcase, Trailer, Every Second, PORN.CAKE, Checklist For An Armed Robber and Darling Oscar. She has received a NSW Premier’s Prize, two AWGIE Awards, the Stoddart Playwriting Award and been shortlisted for the Victorian Premiers Award, STC Patrick White Award, Griffin Award, the Newton John Award, the 503 Playwriting Award, Brennan Playwriting Award and further AWGIE Awards. Vanessa received her doctorate in scriptwriting, examining Mixed Cultural Identity and effects on a playwrighting practice pivoted to screenwriting. She is one-seventh of playwrighting alliance 7ON. Several of their works have been published including Sharp Darts, No Nudity, Weapons or Naked Flames and as part of Short Circuits.
| Cast Info | 3F |
| Genres | Adaptations, Drama, Surreal/magic realism, Black Comedy, Comedy |
| Themes | Solo Performer, Significant female roles, Gender diverse themes |
| Audiences | Adult, Young Adult |
| Extent | 54 |
| Edition | CTS |
| Size | 137 x 210 mm |
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